Zakiya Girl
How popular is Zakiya?
#4,171 girl name in 2025
34 baby girls were named Zakiya in the US in 2025, making it the 4171st most popular girl name.
Zakiya popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #4,171 for girls (▼ 349 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 34 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-51% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,555 in 2015, #4,077 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1997 (129 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,332 in 1997 |
| First recorded | 1972 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Zakiya counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Zakiyah family of names ranked #1,884 for girls in 2025 (#1,770 the year before), with 74 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Zakiyah | 40 | 54% |
| Zakiya | 34 | 46% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Zakiya is most popular
Babies named Zakiya per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Zakiya by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 281 | #1,736 |
| 1980s | 453 | #1,785 |
| 1990s | 846 | #1,332 |
| 2000s | 928 | #1,682 |
| 2010s | 597 | #2,152 |
| 2020s | 234 | #3,389 |
Girl names about as popular as Zakiya
Questions
- Is Zakiya a boy or girl name?
- Zakiya is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Zakiya were girls.
- How popular is the name Zakiya?
- 34 baby girls were named Zakiya in the US in 2025, making it the 4171st most popular girl name.
- When was Zakiya most popular?
- Zakiya peaked in 1997, when 129 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,332 in 1997.
- How many people are named Zakiya?
- 3,339 babies have been named Zakiya in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,287 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 25.
- Where is Zakiya most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Zakiya was most common in Georgia, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.